tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75236523677918063632015-12-14T19:39:59.617+00:00Neil's Dev StuffNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-16930627696814512212013-06-05T12:55:00.000+01:002013-06-05T12:55:25.093+01:00Well it is my last day at IBM and I will miss the talented people I worked with there they are amazing....
Moving on.....
Recently had time to use NodeJS with some MQTT sprinkled in.
I also came across a blog that describes how to setup Notepad++ to use NodeJs.
Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-73640358869176990622013-01-21T19:29:00.001+00:002013-01-21T19:29:28.055+00:00WebsocketsWant a websocket solution try pusher it is awesome, very simple to setup and use.
I used Java server side with the following lib https://github.com/SScheuermann/gae-java-libpusher
Push notifications made simple....Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-19931543029783376532012-02-20T10:00:00.000+00:002012-02-20T10:00:36.288+00:00Blog Name ChangeHello, guys and gals, from today my blog name is changing to reflect a truer title for the content.
For a while I have mostly posted about web app development and not just netbeans.
So from today my blog will be entitled "Neils Dev Stuff".
You can still expect netbeans stuff too.......Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-13274375019942536392012-01-10T22:42:00.000+00:002012-01-10T22:42:09.483+00:00NetBeans 7.1 ReleasedThe best version so far in my opinion, very stable loads of features great job.
From a web developers perspective my favourite features are the new re-factoring and CSS3 support.
For me NetBeans 7.1, EXTJS, PACKTAG and DWR are all you need to build good one page web apps.
Although not part of the release the new JSLINT plugin is really good, running JavaScript through jslint has saved me hoursNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-34279004531398889222011-10-08T13:07:00.000+01:002011-10-08T13:07:45.714+01:00NetBeans 7.1 Beta releasedI took NetBeans 7.1 beta for a spin, feels faster and stable.
Will post more when I have had a chance to check it out further.
Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-2228614347412289342011-07-22T16:25:00.002+01:002011-07-24T10:18:15.097+01:00Web app builds with NBSome of the Java libs I use when building web apps with nb :-
Checking JavaScript files during netbeans build I use http://code.google.com/p/jslint4java/ with http://jslint4java.googlecode.com/svn/docs/1.4/ant.html this has saved me hours of debugging especially IE 6/7/8
Authentication, http://shiro.apache.org/
Password encryption I use http://www.jasypt.org/
Minimising and combining JavascriptNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-44883398100083428722011-07-04T21:15:00.000+01:002011-07-04T21:15:56.150+01:00Useful netbeans plugin anyone?A really useful netbeans plugin can be found in the plugin portal here , thanks to Geertjan WielengaNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-55040559718158192032011-06-12T18:52:00.003+01:002011-06-13T20:00:18.976+01:00Netbeans Geronimo PluginI was excited to find that a plugin available here was finally available for Geronimo app server in NB7 only to find it doesn't work for the latest versions of Geronimo.
There is a dependency on Geronimo version 2.0.2 which is still available from Apache archives, however there has been several security fixes since this release.
So I thought lets give Geronimo v2.0.2 a try and see if the pluginNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-71622069262994297442011-04-21T20:43:00.000+01:002011-04-21T20:43:26.901+01:00netBeans 7 Has Been releasedNetbeans 7 has been released go get it here
Its the best version yet :)Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-78356638525258304082011-03-30T22:00:00.000+01:002011-03-30T22:00:52.306+01:00NB7 RC1 is OutNot had too much to write home about with netbeans since the demise of Sun.
I was disappointed with the NB7 beta releases which were pretty much unusable due to crashing. NB7 RC1 is much more stable and polished and does seem a whole lot more responsive.
Web improvements seem to have been put on the back burner apart from PHP, HTML5 support and new versions of Glassfish. What happened to Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-32160735802627530832010-06-17T20:29:00.000+01:002010-06-17T20:29:44.421+01:00Smart phone apps with netbeansSo who wants to develop for smart phones, you do well you need to know about this.
netbeans plus this and this = smart phone apps, without the need for an app store.......Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-79923423305350660242010-06-16T21:39:00.002+01:002010-06-16T21:39:35.362+01:00netbeans 6.9 releasedIts arrived, netbeans 6.9 that is, get it here.Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-69219612122556509062010-05-26T20:01:00.000+01:002010-05-26T20:01:04.576+01:00netbeans 6.9 Release CandidateThe latest netbeans release candidate is available here.
Its looking pretty good lots of added features and improvements.Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-89662586028404845402010-01-24T20:13:00.001+00:002010-01-24T20:40:49.923+00:00JS Speed tipThis looks like an interesting technique, especialy as you could use it to include js conditionally.Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-40137387535911582632009-12-11T21:31:00.002+00:002009-12-11T21:36:23.769+00:00Netbeans 6.8 ReleasedIts arrived, its fixed, its fast, its good, get it here, only had one problem Glassfish v3 wouldn't run because of a port conflict, that was my problem, everything else just works fine.
Best netbeans version yet.....
Please can we have Apache Geronimo support tooNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-28329286363739506362009-12-09T09:32:00.000+00:002009-12-09T09:32:20.710+00:00netbeans 6.8 RC2I have been using netbeans 6.8 RC2 for a couple of days for web development doing my day job and it is looking good. (Java5 SE web, DWR and ExtJS)
Starts up much faster and is seems generally much more responsive all round.
The only problem encountered so far is that the editor windows do not maximize/restore which is already in the netbeans bug list, other than that I reckon it is ready to Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-40976122243363069722009-12-07T20:00:00.002+00:002009-12-07T20:07:46.090+00:00Netbeans 6.8 RC'snetbeans 6.8 RC2 is out and much improved in terms of performance over 6.8 beta and 6.7.1.
I am using RC2 for my web app development, its early days but looking really good this time. Will post more when I have had time to use it more this week.
Still no Apache Geronimo support though, shame.
RC1 wasnt much use to me, I tried it on a couple of different machines and could not get web apps to Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-23988688672368623092009-09-19T19:12:00.006+01:002009-09-20T09:15:23.993+01:00Checking Javascript Files With JSLINT in NetbeansEnough about minifying JavaScript, what about checking JS files with JSLint too.Try this in NetBeans:-Download the latest lib from http://code.google.com/p/jslint4java/ and put in your ant/lib directory or on the class path. I put it in the netbeans project folder in the example.Override the pre-compile ant target in your netbeans build.xml so that it looks something like the following example, Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-2542115940814012412009-07-19T16:50:00.002+01:002009-07-19T16:53:28.699+01:00I have come across a brilliant idea for compressing and minifying CSS and Javascript.Just check this out and forget my previous ramblings on the subject and enjoy :)Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-12774972691108919482009-03-06T16:23:00.003+00:002009-03-06T16:58:13.329+00:00If you want an online js and css minifyer go here and use ScriptMixer. The guys have wrapped the YUICompressor lib.The offline version can also combine files whilst minifying and obfuscating js and css files too.So to use in netbeans builds do this:-1) Download the offline version from here,2) Put it in your ant lib directory, windows default for nb 6.5 is C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.5\java2Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-77159493284965477132008-11-08T17:39:00.004+00:002008-11-25T20:15:18.045+00:00Updated - Minified Javascript and CSS files in netbeansIf you want automated minified javascript and css files in your netbeans generated war files during the build process do the following :-Download the YUI Compression Lib making sure you abide by the terms of the licence agreement.Download the YUIAnt.jar , this is the ant task required, see this page for information.These two files need to go in your netbeans ant\lib folder, for my windows/Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-30558553021517663092008-10-26T21:18:00.004+00:002008-10-27T09:47:38.425+00:00Is NetBeans 6.5 Release Candidate Ready for FCS?Well, been using netbeans 6.5 beta and dev builds on and off for a while now and found a few niggles and stability issues with some of them. Nothing serious though which have mostly been addressed.Downloaded 6.5 RC1 and WOW what an improvement in stability ! I am using this release all the time now for my main development which is usually database driven web applications.The new features I like Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-18652480039917406022008-08-13T11:03:00.015+01:002008-10-23T08:10:06.782+01:00Minified Javascript and CSS files in netbeansIf you want automated minified javascript and css files in your netbeans generated war files during the build process, read on...Since netbeans now has a Javascript debugger we want to suppress JavaScript and CSS file compression, it confuses the hell out of the js debugger as you might expect. So I have modified the build.xml from my earlier example to ignore compression when client side Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-55723952609497735072008-07-23T22:14:00.002+01:002008-07-23T22:16:27.480+01:00Instant Messenger Plugin for Netbeans ?Anyone know of an IM plugin for netbeans ?Neil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7523652367791806363.post-78895156574844872032008-06-22T10:44:00.025+01:002008-07-03T23:08:49.910+01:00Compressing Javascript files in netbeans 6.1 - A solutionOK, I have a working solution for netbeans 6.1, I can not take any credit for this as my hunch was correct, it has been done before. I have adapted the work done by Philippe Mouawad and ANDREW GOMILKO using the YUI Compression tool as Ant Task so that it can be used with netBeans 6.1 web application projects.To get automated javascript \and css files into your war files during theNeil's Dev Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07060507855006323465noreply@blogger.com2